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Ed Koch
Sign in to saveAlso known as Edward Irving "Ed" Koch, Edward I. Koch
former mayor of New York City (1924-2013)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1924
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Mayor Koch reports on the Central American peace plan effort
- Disposition of the city's property
- Mayor Edward Koch papers
- Murder on Broadway
- Ed Koch on everything
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Edward Irving Koch (December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. A popular figure, Koch rode the New York City Subway and stood at street corners greeting passersby with the slogan "How'm I doin'?"
Known for
- The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden — Self (archive footage)2020
- Trump: Anatomy of a Man — Self (archive footage)2018
- Jerry Before Seinfeld — Self (archive footage)2017
- Uncovering Wolfen — Self (archive footage)2015
- The Making of Trump — Self (archive footage)2015
- AIDS: The Judgment of God — Self (uncredited archive footage)2014
- Blondie's New York and the Making of Parallel Lines — Self2014
- Koch — Self2013
- The Central Park Five — Self2012
- The Undefeated — Self (archive footage)2011
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 61
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 61,606x
- The Satisfaction With Life Scale
· 1985 · cited 22,914x
- Complex brain networks: graph theoretical analysis of structural and functional systems
· 2009 · cited 9,998x
- A model of saliency-based visual attention for rapid scene analysis
· 1998 · cited 9,137x
- Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer
· 2002 · cited 8,577x
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Quotes
- “You don't have to be born in New York City to be a New Yorker. You have to live here for six months. And if at the end of the six months you walk faster, you talk faster, you think faster, you're a New Yorker.”
- “It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.”
- “Death penalty: The death penalty will not solve the problem of crime, but it is more than merely symbolic. There are some people who commit murder that so subvert society that they deserve nothing less than a death sentence. I believe, as does the Supreme Court, that some people will be deterred by it.”
- “The people have spoken ... and they must be punished.”
- “I'm the sort of person who will never get ulcers. Why? Because I say exactly what I think. I'm the sort of person who might give other people ulcers.”
- “If you agree with me on nine out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist.”
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Abraham Beame
- Succeeded by
- David Dinkins
- Constituency
- 17th district (1969–1973) 18th district (1973–1977)
- Born
- Edward Irving Koch , ( 1924-12-12 ) December 12, 1924, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- February 1, 2013 (2013-02-01) (aged 88), New York City, U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Relations
- Pat Koch Thaler (sister)
- Education
- City College of New York ( BA ) New York University ( LLB )
- Branch service
- United States Army
- Years of service
- 1943–1946
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Unit
- 104th Infantry Division
- Battles wars
- World War II Battle of Hürtgen Forest Battle of the Bulge
- Awards
- Combat Infantryman Badge European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Edward Koch at commissioning of USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ed Koch
- date of birth
- 1924-12-12
- date of death
- 2013-02-01
- name in native language
- Ed Koch
- social media followers
- 5927
- birth name
- Edward Irving Koch
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Article
Edward Irving Koch (/kɒtʃ/ KOTCH; December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. A popular figure, Koch rode the New York City Subway and stood at street corners greeting passersby with the slogan "How'm I doin'?"
Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity". The author of an ambitious public housing renewal program in his later years as mayor, he began by cutting spending and taxes and cutting 7,000 employees from the city payroll. He was the city's second Jewish mayor after his predecessor Abraham Beame. He crossed party lines to endorse Rudy Giuliani for mayor of New York City in 1993, Al D'Amato for Senate in 1998, Michael Bloomberg for mayor of New York City in 2001, and George W. Bush for president in 2004.